Obama touts transportation spending in New Orleans

Dwarfed by cranes and cargo containers at the Port of New Orleans, President BarackObama called for more government spending on major infrastructure projects as an economic recipe that could have ripple effects on employment.Obama addressed job growth on a day the government released surprisingly strong hiring numbers for October. Still, Obama said, there was "no question" that last month's partial government shutdown hurt the nation's jobs market."We should be building, not tearing things down," he said, with the dim roar …